Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 okay,so ive been playing around with cinema 4d for a bit at work. im predominantly an after effects animator, but i use a bit of 3d.anyways i thought id play around a bit with some of my logos using a c4d model i bought. its great quality and only set me backabout $80 so im pretty pleased with it.ill post some images here of my work for you guys to see.i may at some point in the future take a limited number of requests for renders, but ill be playing about with it for a wee while yetto get the render settings as i like them.chur chur.fd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9erssteve Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Looking good! I'd probably make the logo a touch bigger and the stripes a little wider because right now there just seems to be too much empty space to make it look totally convincing. Plus that logo is so sweet you should emphasize it a little more!9erssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 yeah, its a wee bit tricky. there is some issue with the helmet stripe actually, ill work it out eventually.here are a few test renders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 a few nfl tests. helmet textures arent all that great at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasatch Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing! How long did it take you to learn After Effects? Where and where did you learn it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 okay so after a few hours of fiddling with the render layers, i think these are a little bit better.will post more as i do them.if you would like to send me a test image (vector only im afraid) then pm me a link and ill use it ina future test. ill look to get the stripes working at some point soon also.fd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing! How long did it take you to learn After Effects? Where and where did you learn it?well its just the compositing ive done in after effects, the 3d is cinema 4d. and i didnt model the helmet, i just bought it and skinned it.i did the logos tho. i learned them at work. im an animator, they take a while to get the hang of, not really a weekend job.you can teach yourself tho, its definitely possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasatch Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing! How long did it take you to learn After Effects? Where and where did you learn it?well its just the compositing ive done in after effects, the 3d is cinema 4d. and i didnt model the helmet, i just bought it and skinned it.i did the logos tho. i learned them at work. im an animator, they take a while to get the hang of, not really a weekend job.you can teach yourself tho, its definitely possible.Yeah, I saw you didn?t compose this in After Effects but I noticed you mentioned that you?re an After Effects animator and I?m really wanting to learn the program myself. How much different is it compared to Flash and their concept of animation with the timelines, layers, keyframes, tweens, ect.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing! How long did it take you to learn After Effects? Where and where did you learn it?well its just the compositing ive done in after effects, the 3d is cinema 4d. and i didnt model the helmet, i just bought it and skinned it.i did the logos tho. i learned them at work. im an animator, they take a while to get the hang of, not really a weekend job.you can teach yourself tho, its definitely possible.Yeah, I saw you didn?t compose this in After Effects but I noticed you mentioned that you?re an After Effects animator and I?m really wanting to learn the program myself. How much different is it compared to Flash and their concept of animation with the timelines, layers, keyframes, tweens, ect.?well, in terms of animation, its far more powerful than flash.i did battle with flash once or twice and i guess they are similar in many ways. the tween motion in ae is more flexible,key frames and are also. with regards to layers it works in a way similar to photoshop in terms of adjustment layers,luma/ alpha keys, transfer modes etc.after that there arent really any comparisons, its just far more powerful than either.most of the stuff in my reel on my site (link in sig) is ae.what are you wanting to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasatch Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing! How long did it take you to learn After Effects? Where and where did you learn it?well its just the compositing ive done in after effects, the 3d is cinema 4d. and i didnt model the helmet, i just bought it and skinned it.i did the logos tho. i learned them at work. im an animator, they take a while to get the hang of, not really a weekend job.you can teach yourself tho, its definitely possible.Yeah, I saw you didn?t compose this in After Effects but I noticed you mentioned that you?re an After Effects animator and I?m really wanting to learn the program myself. How much different is it compared to Flash and their concept of animation with the timelines, layers, keyframes, tweens, ect.?well, in terms of animation, its far more powerful than flash.i did battle with flash once or twice and i guess they are similar in many ways. the tween motion in ae is more flexible,key frames and are also. with regards to layers it works in a way similar to photoshop in terms of adjustment layers,luma/ alpha keys, transfer modes etc.after that there arent really any comparisons, its just far more powerful than either.most of the stuff in my reel on my site (link in sig) is ae.what are you wanting to do with it?Yeah, I've understand for years now that it's quite a bit more versatile and more powerful than Flash, which is why I've sort of been intimidated to learn it.My main reason for using After Effects would be for LED advertising at arenas. You see, my company advertises with the Jazz and I build our animation advertising that?s posted in the Energy Solutions Arena during games. To date I?ve always built these in Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 okay, stripe situation is fixed.here is a composite breakdown of a dolphins helmet.top to bottom, the layers are as follows.diffuse pass (just the flat colours used)global illumination (a light composite showing where colours bleed on each other)specular (the pass that determines how light is reflected)shadowsambient (environmental reflections)reflectionsambient occlusion (darkens areas less exposed to ambient light) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 ...h/o, i just pooped my pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 As always, your work and talent never cease to amaze us Davidson, looks great! Where can we send vectors for a future render? I'd love to have the helmet of the HS team I do PA work for, let me know! It's pretty simple...Clif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoGTS Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are absolutely amazing, incredible work as usual. Facebook: CustomSportsCovers Twitter: CSCovers Quote No because when the Irish came to Ireland and first came in contact with the leprechaun people, they didn't take their land away and force them to move west. Instead, the two groups learned to assimilate peacefully. However, certain tribes of the leprechaun refused to taint the pure blood and moved north into the forests of Ireland, only to be seen rarely, usually at the same time of a rainbows appearance and occasionally at the factories of Lucky Charms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 As always, your work and talent never cease to amaze us Davidson, looks great! Where can we send vectors for a future render? I'd love to have the helmet of the HS team I do PA work for, let me know! It's pretty simple...Clifill take the first 5-10 vector logos sent to my email address.im not going to post it here as my spam is hardcore enough already, but follow the link to me site in my sigand youll find it.ta muchly fd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sent Davidson, from cdixondesign@carolina.rr.com Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sent Davidson, from cdixondesign@carolina.rr.com Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpaqueChicken Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 These are amazing but on the Colts helmet, the logo looks more to be a bright blue than a navy blue. I AM SCORE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 okay, i think i have sorted out all the stuff i wanted to, will take a few requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjay Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 That is really awesome work, really professional. Is it possible for you to do a Buffalo Bills one showing some of the angles you've shown above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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